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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Eva Braun wearing when she committed suicide at the end of Chapter 21?
(a) White dress.
(b) Black dress with roses.
(c) Blue satin dress.
(d) Pink checked dress.

2. How old was Anne Frank when she died?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

3. What did Wunsch give Helena and Rozinka before he left for the Russian Front in Chapter 15?
(a) Fur-lined gloves.
(b) Thermal underwear.
(c) Jackets.
(d) Fur-lined boots.

4. In Chapter 21, how many soldiers and civillians did General Wenck lead across the Elbe where he surrendered to the Americans?
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 350,000.
(d) Half a million.

5. From what state was Harry S. Truman from?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Missouri.

6. How old was Truman when he married his wife, Bess?
(a) 29.
(b) 33.
(c) 35.
(d) 27.

7. In Chapter 20, where was Patton's son-in-law Col. John Waters captured two years ago?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) Tunisia.

8. In Chapter 22, who commanded the Pacific Theater?
(a) Clark.
(b) Eisenhower,
(c) MacArthur.
(d) Marshall.

9. What was the combat range of the Spitfire?
(a) 390 miles.
(b) 405 miles.
(c) 410 miles.
(d) 395 miles.

10. Who was present in Berlin in Chapter 23 when the American flag was raised over the city for the first time?
(a) Eisenhower and Truman.
(b) Eisenhower, Patton, and Truman.
(c) Eisenhower, Montgomery, and Truman.
(d) Eisenhower, Patton, Truman, and Montgomery.

11. In Chapter 13, how many guests were invited to Roosevelt's swearing-in a president?
(a) 5,500.
(b) 6,200.
(c) 4,800.
(d) 7,000.

12. In Chapter 13, how much money did the Chinese Communists want to purchase arms to battle China's Japanese occupiers?
(a) $15 million.
(b) $30 million.
(c) $25 million.
(d) $20 million.

13. In Chapter 18, where was Donovan when he learned that Roosevelt had died?
(a) London.
(b) Washington, DC.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Paris.

14. In Chapter 22, what did Russians want Patton to return to them?
(a) Boats.
(b) Machine guns.
(c) Tanks.
(d) Bombs.

15. At the end of Chapter 17, who would read to Hitler?
(a) Goebbels.
(b) Braun.
(c) Bormann.
(d) Flegel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Beginning with Eisenhower, for how long had every successive president served in World War II?

2. Where was Churchill's mother from?

3. In Chapter 18, how much was found in gold bars, currency, and priceless works of art in the Merkers mine?

4. How many security points were there in Chapter 17 to enter Hitler's bunker?

5. In Chapter 23, how long had the British and Americans been cooperating on an atomic weapon?

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